State1220–1300
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
State of the middle Limpopo valley with its capital on Mapungubwe Hill, which grew out of the chiefdom centred on K2; it traded gold and ivory with the Indian Ocean coast and was abandoned around 1300.
- Dates
- c. 1220 – c. 1300
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Africa
- In the threads
- Asia, Africa and the Americas in the 13th century
Events
- Mapungubwe Hill, capital of the kingdom of Mapungubwec. 1220 – c. 1300 · Africa